Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-14

| rlled this hot day I says; an so 1 edged
+ away from him, catty co,rered Ike up the
Knoll and went down the north side. l can't
/ say but what begun to get a leetle mad, IN
/ spite o myself, when / see the durn bar a
waltin' fur me thar, wen got to the bottom
an had half notion to sail in and wipe him
out but then / says to myself, Wv ats the use
O heatin' yer blood an fetchin on sunstroke
mebby, l says, an mebby a spillin yer
berries, lis to hammer the life outer one OF
bar says, an that IN all out o fur an the
meat not much better, yIt, TIM groun' hogg
So l turned On my heel agin, an I'D the knoll
mosied, an struck fur hum by the south
side. Wall. wen got down on that side. an
foun' the bar Iayin' fur ne thar. kin tell
We, b'gosh, th't my dander riz right up, an /
couldn't git II down, ar il spite o. the
weather bucl1led inter the pesky critter. an
IN less time TIM it'd take me to stick pig |
lad 5lr. BruIn out stilfer'n an OK woke.
course, II 1t Il a ben cool weather wouldn't
a turned hair, but ez it were the rascal
het Inc up consid' able, an ven I'm het up
I'm tetchy ez nettles. So, wen l turned TO
PICK UP my pail O berries, an see another
big bar maxim fur me 'ronnd ore edge O the
knoll, l fur-ut all about sunstrokes an
tn nom tiers, an pitched in an twisted the
wien o t'other bar, so ez ye couldn't "a tor
1t from wire rope struck by li2htnin'.
linen | sot down to cool off a leetIe, an ez
l were wipin' the perspiration of-n my for
rid clumpy-te-clunp marched another big
bar from round one side o the knoll, an
sloshy-te-slosh tore another TN through the
brush from round t'other corner.
'Aw, now, see here | saws. kinder reason
says, this is astin' too much Of a feller,' /
says. Wy the dingnation can't We wait til
STOW flies, an Yer fur is good an yer meat iii
to chaw,' SAYS, AN KIN hev holt with ye
without gittin' mad, an kin lay We out with
out wastin' yep
But them bars would hev it. an 50 [ had
70 risk the sunstrokes az in an jerk the ever
laStln' lights outen both OF 'eIn. Te see. it
want one bar that KEEP q stoppin' me round
the knoll, 81 l thuak i were, but a sassy
Gan@o' four on EN-. Hot weather hain't no
good time to rassel bars. Il riles We, an if
thurz anything l hate its TO lose my temper.
Squire, I'll jine We
As they stood at the counter, with the bot
tie bet"een them, the Old Settler got q great
start by reason of the appearance OF Bill
Simmons in the room, because he naturally
expected 70 Sc little Peleg in Bits wake
But he wasn't. Bill Simmons had come in
after a paper OF tobacco for his father. and
went right out again. After a while the Old
Settler said:
Wall, guess til wun't be no candidates ia
t'uight, 50 III pull fur hum, ez M'riarIl be
anxious 70 hear bout the state o the kentry.7
The Old Settler went home Peleg had
gone to bed Maria was disappointed to hear
that there was nothing in the postofice for
her
I" 1 'spected letter from Sally Ann she
said, cause | writ her to let Peleg stay
another six weeks"
~Jeevhizz!7 said the Old Settler, under his
breath. Then to Maria: Never mind,
M'riar. Mebby it'll be along t'morrer"
Next morning at breakfast the Old Settler
said to Peleg:
Little gransOn wants TO stay an cheer his
poor OF gran'pop up fur six weeks more, does
ke: That's good! I can't bear to see We go
back, somehow. SONNY
By and by Peleg looked up and said:
80 Katy didn't break the bottle after all,
did She, grandpop:7
Didn't she:7 said Peleg's grandfather,
little surprised. Is that 50. sonny.7
Why, yes, grandpop," replied PeIeg. J
told B Il Simmons what the katydids said
about it. and he said it wasn't 10 such thing,
for he seen You and the Squire looking at
the bottle last night, and there wasn't even a
crack in it"
The Old Settler went cut behind the barn
to light his pipe this morning. He was evi-
lentiy "het up
Six yvoolss Iongor, hay7n said he. Then
III jist drop q line to Sally Ann, telIin' her
hit the way feel now, she'd better send for
lcr young I'M TO wun1t, for thur danger o. his /
yIttin' piEan in his pancakesi"
When he walked over toward the tavern a /
little later the Old Settler looked as if be (
were on the search for eternal vigilance. with .
-he intention OF taking it by the neck. and nc I
mistake about It'd Mott IN New York /
Sun.